Re: Regression problem with gp5-rc2: make pdf fails

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On Thursday, 06 November 2014 05:37:52 PM Philipp K. Janert wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 20:16:30 -0500 (EST)
> Allin Cottrell <cot...@wf...> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 6 Nov 2014, Philipp K. Janert wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > I seem to have a problem building the PDF of
> > > the doc with RC2.
> > >
> > > After
> > > 	./configure
> > > 	make
> > > 	make install
> > >
> > > I ran:
> > > 	make pdf
> > > which resulted in an error msg:
> > > 	! LaTeX Error: File `picins.sty' not found.
> > > which is funny, because I have a pretty complete
> > > Latex installation (including texlive-pictures).
> > >
> > > I was surprised - at least in my memory I was able
> > > to create the PDF for RC1 without a problem.
> > >
> > > Is this a known problem or am I doing something wrong?
> > 
> > This seems relevant:
> > http://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/patches/432/
> 
> Thanks for pointing this out. 
> 
> I don't understand Ethan's comment to this patch:
> I have never needed "picins" to include graphics
> (both EPS and PDF) into Latex docs - I do it all
> the time, without picins in my local Tex installation:
> just
> 	\usepackage{graphicx}
> and
> 	\includegraphics{...}
> 
> In any case, apparently it is NOT a regression (I 
> am correcting myself here): upon further research, 
> I do not think I ever built gnuplot.pdf myself. 
> 
> Nevertheless, I wonder whether we should get rid of
> this odd dependency. 

If you can find or create an adequate replacement
for picins, feel free to contribute.
I have not found anything suitable.

	Ethan